Front cover UNIX System Services z/OS Version 1 Release 7 Implementation z/OS UNIX overview z/OS UNIX setup z/OS UNIX usage Paul Rogers Theodore Antoff Patrick Bruinsma Paul-Robert Hering Lutz Kühner Neil O’Connor Lívio Sousa ibm.com/redbooks International Technical Support Organization UNIX System Services z/OS Version 1 Release 7 Implementation March 2006 SG24-7035-01 Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page xiii. Second Edition (March 2006) This edition applies to Version 1 Release 7 of z/OS (5637-A01), and Version 1, Release 7 of z/OS.e (5655-G52), and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2003, 2006. All rights reserved. Note to U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights -- Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Notices . xiii Trademarks . xiv Preface . .xv The team that wrote this redbook. .xv Become a published author . xvi Comments welcome. xvii Chapter 1. UNIX overview. 1 1.1 UNIX fundamentals . 2 1.1.1 UNIX objectives . 2 1.1.2 What people like about UNIX . 2 1.1.3 What people don’t like about UNIX . 3 1.1.4 UNIX operating system . 3 1.1.5 UNIX file system . 4 1.1.6 Parameter files . 6 1.1.7 Daemons. 6 1.1.8 Accessing UNIX . 6 1.1.9 UNIX standards. 7 1.1.10 MVS and UNIX functional comparison . 8 1.2 z/OS UNIX System Services fundamentals . 9 1.2.1 Dub and undub . 10 1.2.2 z/OS UNIX support . 10 1.2.3 Interaction with elements and features of z/OS . 11 1.2.4 Hardware considerations . 14 1.2.5 Configuration parameters . 15 1.2.6 z/OS UNIX file system. 15 1.2.7 Address spaces . 22 1.2.8 Accessing z/OS UNIX . 22 1.2.9 What people like about z/OS UNIX. 23 1.2.10 What people don’t like about z/OS UNIX . 23 1.3 z/OS UNIX System Services release history. 23 1.3.1 MVS/ESA V4R3 - 1994. 24 1.3.2 MVS/ESA V5R1 - 1994. 24 1.3.3 MVS/ESA V5R2M2 - 1995 . 25 1.3.4 OS/390 V1R1 - 1996. 25 1.3.5 OS/390 V1R2 - 1996. 25 1.3.6 OS/390 V1R3 - 1997. 25 1.3.7 OS/390 V2R4 - 1997. 25 1.3.8 OS/390 V2R5 - 1998. 26 1.3.9 OS/390 V2R6 - 1998. 26 1.3.10 OS/390 V2R7 - 1999. 26 1.3.11 OS/390 V2R8 - 1999. 27 1.3.12 OS/390 V2R9 - 2000. 28 1.3.13 OS/390 V2R10 - 2000. 32 1.3.14 OS/390 V2R10 - 2000 Software Refresh . 34 1.3.15 z/OS V1R1 - 2001. 35 1.3.16 z/OS V1R2 - 2001. 35 1.3.17 z/OS V1R3 - 2002. 37 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2003, 2006. All rights reserved. iii 1.3.18 z/OS V1R4 - 2002. 40 1.3.19 z/OS V1R5 - 2004. 44 1.3.20 z/OS V1R6 - 2004. 44 1.3.21 z/OS V1R7 - 2005. 44 1.4 IBM exploitation of z/OS UNIX System Services . 45 1.5 Additional material for this Redbook . 46 Chapter 2. Installation. 47 2.1 Introduction . 48 2.2 Activating z/OS UNIX in minimum mode. 49 2.2.1 Step 1 - Create the OMVS procedure. 49 2.2.2 Step 2 - Create the BPXOINIT procedure. 49 2.2.3 Step 3 - Establish security . 50 2.2.4 Step 4 - Customize IEASYSxx . 51 2.2.5 Step 5 - IPL . 52 2.3 Activating z/OS UNIX in full function mode . 53 2.3.1 Step 1 - Create the OMVS procedure. 54 2.3.2 Step 2 - Create the BPXOINIT procedure. 54 2.3.3 Step 3 - Create the BPXAS procedure . 55 2.3.4 Step 4 - Establish security . 55 2.3.5 Step 5 - Create HFS data sets . 57 2.3.6 Step 6 - Customize BPXPRMxx . 58 2.3.7 Step 7 - Customize ALLOCxx . 67.